Sentence examples for a provocative tempting from inspiring English sources

It was a provocative tempting of fate.

A case against the policy is that it is militarizing and making explicit a Cold War-influenced containment approach that may prove provocative, tempting Beijing to prove its prowess by entering military conflicts over disputed islands in the South China Seas or over Taiwan earlier than it might have otherwise.

Roger Lowenstein triggers a provocative idea.

A provocative line.

A provocative thinker.

A provocative way of looking at things.

A provocative and highly expressive reading.

Me a provocative, male fashion icon?

It's a provocative issue".

It's a provocative argument.

That's a provocative statement?